Frosty Canucks Podcast JAVM and Frostilyte

Boner culture.

This week we spend some time chastising the folks  who use boner culture without a hint of irony, while also delving into  the Nintendo Direct, the eShop shutdown, and some truly bizarre quotes  from Platinum Games' recent interviews. Alongside that we spend some  time talking about Jason's time playing It Takes Two with his wife and  Steve delves into Trails of Fire, a new card game he's been playing. If  that sounds fun then strap in for another episode of Frosty Canucks.

As always, if you'd like to ask questions or suggest topics please reach out to us.

Thanks for listening and stay frosty!

Show notes to follow:

0:00:00 - Aloy's Beard "Controversy"

0:05:52 - Nintendo Direct February 2022

0:28:22 - Nintendo eShop Shutting Down

0:35:20 - Platinum Games - Live Service Games Focus and Please Buy us Big Publishers

Games We've Been Playing

0:40:35 - It Takes Two (Spoilers)

0:54:59 - Trials of Fire

1:12:32 - Outro

Well...uh...didn't see that one coming.

Not to be outdone by Microsoft, Sony dropped news last week that they'd acquired Bungie and had several more acquisitions on the way. As such, we took to talking about what this means in the wider scope of Sony's future efforts and speculate on their direction moving forward. After that we talk a bit about Legends: Arceus, Monster Hunter Rise, and Persona 5 Royal, though be wary of spoilerinos with that last one.

As always, if you'd like to ask questions or suggest topics please reach out to us.

Thanks for listening and stay frosty!

Show notes to follow:

0:00:00 - Sony Acquiring Bungie

0:21:10 - Nintendo News and Pokémon Legends: Arceus Thoughts

Games We've Been Playing

0:36:09 - Room to Grow 

0:44:44 - Persona 5 Royal (Spoilers)

1:04:22 - Monster Hunter Rise

1:35:56 - Outro

Monster Hunter Rise BABY!

This week we discuss Tifa's brief invasion of the Italian senate, alongside Microsoft acquiring Activision. At the rate they're going, Microsoft is going to buy the whole industry and then everything will be an Xbox Console Exclusive. Also we answer a viewer question: how critical can you be of a game you've not played? Give us a listen to find out.

As always, if you'd like to ask questions or suggest topics please reach out to us.

Thanks for listening and stay frosty!

Show notes to follow:

0:00:00 - Tifa's Surprise Italian Senate Visit

0:04:30 - Microsoft Acquiring Activision/Blizzard

0:33:00 - Can You Call a Game Bad if You Haven't Played it?

Games We've Been Playing

0:46:35 - Persona 5 Strikers (Spoilers)

0:57:57 - Dark Souls Remastered

1:17:37 - Monster Hunter Rise

1:46:43 - Outro

You died.

By some miracle, Steve played not one, but two different games he enjoyed. There's a lot of Dark Souls and Breath of the Wild talk, though not all of it's positive. We also took some time to bash NFTs (as you do) and briefly delve into PSVR2.

As always, if you'd like to ask questions or suggest topics please reach out to us.

Thanks for listening and stay frosty!

Show notes to follow:

0:00:00 - NFTs and Metaverse

0:13:02 - PlayStation VR2

Games We've Been Playing

0:19:00 - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

0:52:45 - Ghost of Tsushima

1:12:31 - Death's Door

1:20:08 - The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel

1:31:20 - Dark Souls Remastered

1:56:05 - Outro

Yo, fuck 2021. Amirite?  

It's the end of the year, so we're doing a recap of our favourite games played. Steve has a handful of top tier 2021 games, while Jason covers a variety of games from the past several years. Can you guess what made our top cut? 

In addition, thank you all for listening to our podcast throughout 2021. It's certainly been a wild year. We hope to see you in 2022!

As always, if you'd like to ask questions or suggest topics please reach out to us.

Thanks for listening and stay frosty!

Show notes to follow:

0:00:00 - Was 2021 worse than 2020?

0:06:29 Deus Ex Mankind Divided

Games of the Year 2021 Edition

0:11:04 - Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

0:18:22 - It Takes Two

0:25:05 - Sayonara Wild Hearts

0:29:40 - HuniePop 2: Double Date

0:34:55 - Interlude to GOTY

0:35:51 - CrossCode

0:43:40 - Guilty Gear Strive

0:52:05 - BioShock Remastered (Spoilers)

1:02:34 - Wildermyth

1:13:33 - Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana

1:19:26 - Closing Remarks

1:28:18 - Outro

God damn it, Discord

This week Steve completely loses his shit because Discord was giving him a hard time and we also cover games we're looking forward to in 2022! Also, there's something in there about Ubisoft and some nasty little NFTs.

Game wise, we've got more Ys VIII, along with Disgaea 2, and Dreamscaper.

As always, if you'd like to ask questions or suggest topics please reach out to us.

Thanks for listening and stay frosty!

Show notes to follow:

0:00:00 - Angry White Man Fights Discord

0:02:02 - Game Awards Interlude 1

0:03:21 - 2022 Games to Look Forward to

0:30:43 - Uncharted 4 Spoilers

0:32:38 - Ubisoft's NFTs Heavily Disliked

0:38:12 - Game Awards Interlude 2

Games We've Been Playing

0:41:45 - Guilty Gear Strive

0:45:18 - Real Estate Game?

0:50:55 - Disgaea 2

0:56:23 - Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana

1:06:26 - Dreamscaper

1:32:57 - Outro